The protagonist is apprehensive, and the ending is not a comedy.
Old Jew lost daughter, property, faith. He was insulted by Christians before he was converted, and rejected by Jews after he was converted. In the later years, the material cannot be guaranteed, the family is broken up, and the spirit has no sustenance.
As for Antonio.
According to the spirit of the current yy novels, the story should be that Bassanio as the protagonist gets both money and man, and his loyal friend is brave and kind as a supporting role to be recognized by the mainstream society. And using his reputation and life as a guarantee, the romance between Bassanio and his wife, the biggest help in this romantic comedy, is the protagonist of this story.
So there is a recognized impression: the protagonist Antonio is always known to be a brave and kind person.
At present, considering the society at that time, the forgiveness and conditions he proposed were the greatest punishment and the best arrangement for the Jewish elderly. He is cruel and tolerant at the same time. It seems that contradictions and conflicts did not happen to Antonio. Whether he has an ending that can be regarded as the end is worth debating.
At the box office at the time, he was a very good script, an outstanding comedy.
However, in terms of literary achievements and content, it records the social contradictions and humanistic thinking of the time. Everyone sees, everyone thinks.
To me, what's fascinating about it is the contradiction. dramatic conflict.
The contradiction and conflict of the drama lies in its truth, the waves are continuous, and the contingency reflects the philosophical thinking of inevitability.
First observe Sherlock, both the perpetrator and the victim.
He is a Jew. Under the unjust social treatment (mainstream consciousness, legal regulations), he is mean and vicious, pitiful and hateful is an inseparable contradiction. humiliated and discriminated against. He originally endured, but his favorite daughter eloped, adding the last straw. A small game of punishment becomes an all-or-nothing game of life and death.
Shaun not only depicts the mainstream social consciousness, religious concept and economic concept in this context, but also depicts everyone in these conditions in depth.
lifestyle and thinking, thus comprehensively expounding the contradictions and conflicts of the environment.
The contradictions and conflicts in the general environment are mainly the discrimination and suppression of Judaism by Christianity. The church in power controls education, and thus the state, mainstream social consciousness, legal bias, and can influence the economy. These resulted in a very difficult life for the Jews: they could not own their own property, and they could not guarantee their old age. Most Jews take paid loans to earn money and goods to protect their old age. Of course, this practice is considered unclean and illegal by the church. Therefore, from conscious discrimination, to legal discrimination, to economic oppression, and back to conscious discrimination. From beginning to end, the oppression of the Jews was both material and spiritual.
For the patient Jewish nation, there were surprises, and two. Christians borrowed money from him, providing the possibility of revenge; the daughter
(either seduced by mainstream consciousness or hormonal) accidentally fell in love with Christians, increasing the severity of revenge.
It's all accidental, but definitely doomed.
The progress of civilization established the necessity of monetary lending, the restraint of religious law forced the Jews to take the lead in profit-making lending, and
the will of the Pope's absolute right established that the Jews must be the candidates to undertake this conflict. As for Jessica falling in love with anyone, there is a statistically high probability that she will fall in love with a Christian. So this story happens to other Jews, if not to poor old Sherlock. There will always be a Jew who will be in the story.
Finally, there is the conflict between the protagonist and the supporting roles.
If this were a simple story, with Bassanio being the protagonist, and Antonio being praised for his bravery and benevolence, this magnum opus would not have enduring power.
When the supporting characters (men) were all happy, the old Jew covered his face and wept, and Antonio was no better, being alone and a little stunned.
Now we say that borrowing and paying interest is just because there is a risk in it. But the old Jewish man not only got nothing, but also exhausted everything. Isn't this exploitation? (Exploitation once is not the property of the bourgeoisie, but the exclusive right of the ruling class.)
Women's happiness has always been ignored or misinterpreted. But Shawn still described them.
Portia brought wealth and wisdom. However, Bassanio's purpose of marriage was not simple, and he even gave out a ring after falling in love. So wise women will say, don't test your lover, and be tolerant if you are unhappy.
Jessica sacrificed her father and faith, and ultimately failed to get the same return as her lover. So wise women will say that love and marriage are not simple.
Because the women in this story always go to their poor lovers with a fortune. In an environment where women must depend on men, is their happiness real? Are women's feelings worth caring about?
It's a comedy story where it looks like everyone has something for everyone, and there is something for everyone. But it is a tragic comedy. Is Antonio's actions truly benevolent rather than discriminatory and oppressive? Did he harm other innocent people by helping his friends? Does he do what everyone deserves?
Who should think about these questions? Recorded by Shakespeare, and thought by Antonio, the impartial and just justice of his stories, it is most fitting.
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